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                  | Postcode | KA23 9QU | 
                  
                    | Post Town | West Kilbride | 
                  
                    | Nearest station | West Kilbride (3 km) | 
                  
                  
                    | Bus stops | No nearby bus stops | 
                
                
                
                  | Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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            Geography
            
              
              
              
                
                  |  | Latitude | 55.699728 | 
                
                  |  | Longitude | -4.902713 | 
                  
                    |  | Easting | 217684 | 
                  
                    |  | Northing | 648961 | 
                  
                    |  | Grid reference | NS176489 | 
                
                  |  | UTM reference | 30U 380421 6174301 | 
                
                  |  | what3words | thick.apprehend.fries | 
                
                  |  | FixPhrase | crux ludicrous swimming update | 
                  
                    |  | Plus code | 9C7QM3XW+VW | 
                
                  |  | Altitude | 14 metres (46 feet) | 
                
                  |  | Sunrise (today) | 7:24 | 
                
                  |  | Sunset (today) | 16:44 | 
                
                  |  | Distance away |  | 
                  
                    |  | Distance to sea | 0.2 KMs (0.1 miles) | 
              
              
            
          
        
        
            
              
              
                Administrative areas 
              
                
                  
                        
                          | Ward | North Coast | S13003148 | 
                      
                        | Council Area | North Ayrshire | S12000021 | 
                      
                        | Constituency (2024) | North Ayrshire and Arran | S14000048 | 
                        | MP | Irene Campbell | Labour | 
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                      | Police force | Scotland | 
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                      | Water company | Scottish Water | 
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                        | NUTS/ITL 3 | North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire | 
                      
                        | NUTS/ITL 2 | Southern Scotland | 
                      
                        | NUTS/ITL 1 | Scotland | 
                    
                      | Country | Scotland | S92000003 | 
                  
                  
                
              
          
    
      
        Data
        
          
              
                | Date introduced | August 1977 | 
              
                | Date usage ended | July 1992 | 
            
              | Last updated | September 2025 | 
              
                | User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
                    
              
                | Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
          
          
        
      
          
          
        
          
            Demographics
            
              
                
                  | Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | 
                  | Rural/urban (2021) | Accessible Rural | 
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                  | Rural/urban (2011) | Accessible rural area | 
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                  | Census output area (2021) | S00166876 |  | 
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                  | Census output area (2011) | 1B2 |  | 
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                  | Lower layer super output area (2011) | Fairlie and Rural - 02 | S01011308 | 
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                  | Middle layer super output area (2011) | Fairlie and Rural | S02002125 | 
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                  | Travel to work area | Kilmarnock and Irvine | S22000069 | 
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